Archive for the ‘Holiday Cooking’ Category
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
These are a very easy appetizer or meal that looks and tastes like you spent a long time preparing. The key with such simple recipes is to get high quality ingredients since each one stands out. I got 31-40 size easy-peel shrimp and defrosted them and peeled them ...
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Saturday, December 13th, 2008
This is a recipe from The Joy of Cooking with minor modifications. It's a classic sugar cookie recipe. The holidays just wouldn't be the same without a batch of these. They keep their shape quite well and are very tender and tasty. As with any rolled ...
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
This was an experiment - I took the standard Libby pumpkin pie recipe, stirred melted chocolate into half the filling, and made a marbled chocolate pumpkin pie. The chocolate was a bit intense with the first bite, but this was a nice change from regular pumpkin pie.
Marbled Chocolate Pumpkin ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
This is a traditional Thanksgiving side dish that I just love. The Cointreau adds a nice little zing to the standard recipe.
Homemade Fresh Cranberry Sauce
Makes 4 cups
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
3 cups (1 12-oz bag) fresh cranberries
1 tbsp Cointreau
In a medium saucepan combine the sugar and water. Bring to ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
This is another Thanksgiving side dish gracing our table this year. Roasted potatoes are much more flavorful than your standard mashed potatoes, and the roasted garlic goes well on rolls as well as just being eaten plain. I just cooked these alongside the turkey.
Roasted Potatoes with Garlic
Serves 6
1½ ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
This is a wet dressing that goes well with any poultry. It's savory and easy to make. If you chose to use a vegetable stock instead of chicken or turkey stock, it's even vegetarian, if that floats your boat. This is another must-have Thanksgiving side at our ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
This is an Alton Brown recipe. It's new to our Thanksgiving table this year.
Here's the link to the original recipe. Since it doesn't require any oven space, it's a great Thanksgiving side dish. It was very easy to make and very tasty. I used salted butter ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
These were made with a recipe from Gourmet magazine, December 2004, via Epicurious. I ended up adding quite a bit more flour to make the dough workable, but they turned out very light and nice. Next time I will add a bit of salt as many reviewers recommended.
Nutritional ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Brining is the key to a wonderfully juicy turkey. There are many recipes for brines out there, and you can even buy pre-made brining mixes these days. I tried adding ½ cup maple syrup to my brine recipe this year, but neither Shaun nor I were a fan ...
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Well, turkey day is almost here, and Shaun and I have a lot to be thankful for this year. We've been in our own home for over a year now, I've got a great job with Boeing, we have Emma to brighten our lives and crack us up on ...
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